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SCOTUS· 7/8/1957

Lehmann v. United States Ex Rel. Carson

Citations

  • 353 U.S. 685
  • 77 S. Ct. 1022
  • 1 L. Ed. 2d 1122
  • 1957 U.S. LEXIS 786

How courts have described this case

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  • allowing deportation based on convictions that, because of conditional pardon, were not grounds for deportation when they occurred
  • finding it “indisputable” that Congress intended to legislate retrospectively when it' provided for deportation of those who committed specified crimes “at any time after entry”
  • violation of statute providing for deportation not “penal” for this purpose

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Judges: Whittaker, Black, Douglas

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